Verse List for PROV 26:2

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Like a fluttering bird or a darting swallow, ⇔ so too an undeserved curse won’t land on you.

OET-LV Like_bird for_fluttering like_swallow for_flying so a _curse _of without _cause wwww[fn] it _will _come.

ULT Like the bird for fluttering, like the swallow for flying, ⇔ so a curse without cause does not come.

UST Just as a bird will fly by and not land on you, ⇔  so a curse will not harm you if you are innocent.

BSB & MSB Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, ⇔  an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Like a fluttering sparrow, ⇔  like a darting swallow, ⇔  so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.

NET Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, ⇔ so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

LSV As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying,
So reviling without cause does not come.

FBV A curse that isn't deserved won't land on the person, like a fluttering sparrow or a flitting swallow.

T4T ⇔  Like [SIM] birds that fly by and do not alight/land on anything, ⇔  if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you ◄do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong►.

LEB • Like the sparrow is to fluttering and like the swallow is to flying,
• so an undeserved curse does not go forth.

BBE As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

Moff The sparrow flutters, the swallow flits, ⇔  and the baseless curse never goes home.

JPS As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.

ASV As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, ⇔ So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

DRA As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

YLT As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

Drby As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

RV As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless lighteth not.

SLT As the sparrow for wandering, as the swallow for flying, so the curse shall not come in vain.

Wbstr As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

KJB-1769 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

KJB-1611 As the bird by wandring, as the swallow by flying: so the curse causelesse shall not come.

Bshps As the byrde and the swalowe take their flight and flee here and there: so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shall not light vpon a man.
(As the bird and the swallow take their flight and flee here and there: so the curse that is given in vain, shall not light upon a man.)

Gnva As the sparowe by flying, and the swallow by flying escape, so the curse that is causeles, shall not come.
(As the sparrow by flying, and the swallow by flying escape, so the curse that is causeles, shall not come.)

Cvdl Like as ye byrde and the swalowe take their flight and fle here and there, so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shal not light vpon a man.
(Like as ye/you_all bird and the swallow take their flight and flee here and there, so the curse that is given in vain, shall not light upon a man.)

Wycl For whi as a brid fliynge ouer to hiy thingis, and a sparowe goynge in to vncerteyn; so cursing brouyt forth with out resonable cause schal come aboue in to sum man.
(For why as a bird flying over to high things, and a sparrow going in to uncertain; so cursing brought forthwith/immediately out reasonable cause shall come above in to some man.)

Luth Wie ein Vogel dahinfährt und eine Schwalbe fleugt, also ein unverdienter Fluch trifft nicht.
(How a bird gonefährt and a/one swallow flies(v), also a unverdienter curse(n) hits not.)

ClVg Sicut avis ad alia transvolans, et passer quolibet vadens, sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet.[fn]
(Like bird to other transvolans, and sparrow any_time going, so curse(n) in_vain utterance in/into/on someone will_arrive.)

UHB כַּ⁠צִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭⁠נוּד כַּ⁠דְּר֣וֹר לָ⁠ע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת חִ֝נָּ֗ם לא [fn] תָבֹֽא׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὥσπερ ὄρνεα πέταται καὶ στρουθοί, οὕτως ἀρὰ ματαία οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται οὐδενί.

BrTr As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.